Berth-hammock.



WILLIAM E. MCPHERSON, OFRENSSELAER, NEW YORK.

BERTH-HAMMOCK.

Specication of Letters plEatent.`

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application led February 20, 1908. Serial No. 416,887.

To all whom t may. concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. MCPHEE- soN, a citizen of the at Rensselaer, in the county ofv Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Berth- Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is in the nature of an improved hammockof that type which is employed in the berths of railway cars and Steamers to receive the apparel and personal belongings of the occupant.

The object of the invention is to design a hammock of this character which is of simple and inexpensive construction and is so designed as to maintain the articles placed therein in a neat andl tidy condition and prevent the usual wrinkling and mussing of the same.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hammock which is of dustproof construction and will prevent cinders and similar foreign matter from settling upon the clothes.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a berth hammock embodying the invention,v showing the i'iap in an elevated position; Fig. 2' is a similar view showing the flapas. closed, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the pocket when open.

Corresponding and like parts are referred toin the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. n

The device comprises a hammock or pocket which may be formed of any tough and pliable material such as canvas and which is designed to be suspended from the walls or ceiling of the berth. L

Referring to the drawing the numeral '1 designates the back of the hammock, the said back being formed with a straight upper edge and a curved lower edge.v The front 2 of the hammock is approximately crescentshaped7 the lower edge thereof being curved in a manner corresponding to the lower edge of the back and being secured thereto by any suitable means such as the stitching 3, while the upper edge is curved downwardly to United States, residing l admit of ready access being had to the inh terior of the hammock.

interposed between the back 1 and front 2 is an intermediate partition '4'which is also l approximately crescent-shaped and divides the hammock into two separate compartments. It will be observed however that the upper edge of the intermediate partition 4 extends upwardly beyond the front 2 so that the occupant of the berth can readily grasp the same and swing it to either side so as to obtain vaccess to either of the compartments of the hammock. The flap 5 may either be integral with the back l or secured thereto and is designed to overlap the front 2 so as to exclude dust and cinders from the interior of the hammock. For the purpose of holding the flap 5 in normal position a strap 6 is utilized, one end of the strappro jecting beyond the edge of the flap and being formed with a button-hole designed to detachably engage a button 7 upon the front 2.

For the purpose of suspending the hammock or pocket in position aloop 8 is provided at each end thereof7 the said loops being shown in the present instance as formed by doubling strips upon themselves and securing the ends thereof to the hammock.

For the purpose of protecting the edges of the various members of the hammock the same are shown as provided with -a binding 9 which may be of leather or other suitable material. In this connection it may be called to attention that the binding strip 98L mock is held in osition by means of the same line of stitching which extends through the front, back and intermediate partition of securely together. In the application of the device the hammock is designed to be suspended from the walls or ceiling of the berth by means of the loops 8, the lighter articles being placed upon one side of the intermeextending around the lower edge of the ham-fh the hammock and holds the said members l diate partition 4 while the heavier articles CST Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: f

A berth hammock Comprising a back l formed with a straight upper edge and a i Curved lower edge, a crescent-shaped front l applied to the back, the lower edge of the ont being secured to the lower edge of the i back and extending upwardly to the upper l edge of the back while the upper edge of the front is disposed below the upper edge of the back, a crescent-shaped partition interposed l between the front and back and having the upper edge thereof disposed between the upper edges of' the i'ioiit aiid back, a flap eiiiried by the back for closing the pockets, and a suspending loop at each eiid ol the hailiiiioek.

Iii testimony whereof I allix iii)v signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAB'I E. MCPH E RS( )N Titiiesses EDWARD T. Nniveoiiis, VILLIAM H. Giiiiaii'iii. 

